Fastening-inserting machine



- J. w. COSGROVE FASTENING INSERTING MACHINE Filed Oct. 2. 1920 Sept. 13, 1927.

F 4 j j Patented Sept. 13, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFECE.

JOHN W. eosenovn, onivrnnnonn, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR To UNITED SHOE M MACHINERY CORPORATION, or rnrnason, new JERSEY, A oonroRA'rIon or NEWJERSEY.

FASTENING-INSER'IING MACHINE.

Application filed Cctober 2,- 1920. Serial No. 414,281.-

This inventionrelates to fastening inserting machines and is illustrated herein as embodied in a fastening inserting machine which prepares the work for the insertion of other fastenings.

Insoles utilized in the manufacture of certain types of shoes are provided with lips or ribs which stand up from the body of the insole and serve as means for the attachment ofotherparts of the shoe, as for instance, of the upper or ofthe' upper and welt. The rear ends of such an upstanding rib or lip are located in proximity to 'the breast line of the heel, and for some distance forward of this line in the shankof the shoe the upper has a very considerable tendency topull the lip'or riboutwardlycausing afullness or slack in theupper of the completed shoe.

One of the methods by which the difficulties above mentioned are overcome involves the attarhnient of the rear ends of the lip or rib to thebody of the insole by the insertion fastening maybe inserted and properly vclinched. In many casesthe lip or rib of fastenings. As a preliminary step in the operation it is necessary to bend the rear end of the lip or rib inwardly or backwardly against the body of the insole so that a resists bending to such an extent as to make it a difficult operation to perform by hand or by any machine heretofore known.

' Inview of the foregoing, it is an object, of this invention to providea fastening 1n-.

serting machine having improvedmeans for positioning the work or parts of the work relatively to other parts preparatory to the insertion of a fastening or fastenings or preparatory to securingwork parts in the relation in which they are positioned by Said means, which machine will be adapted for performing the rib-bending and attaching operation above referred to. h

To this end and in accordance with a feature of the invention, the illustrated fas- ;tening inserting machine is characterized by the provision of movable means for bending the rear portions of the lips or ribs of insoles back against the bodies of the insoles, and

' holding the lips or ribs thus bent during the insertion of fastenings which permanently holdthe end portions of theribs in that position. Itshould be understood, however,

, that'in various respects, theinvention is not restricted to embodiment int-he illustrated type of machine, or to use in performing Q insolewhich has been bent back, as above stated, against the body of the insole, and, to holditso clamped during the insertioniof a fastening therein. Preferably, and as illustrated, the fastening inserted is a fine wire staple, which is inserted through the insole from its foot-engaging surface, and which, after passing through the 'rib, is clinched upon the surface of the insole. p

In .the illustrative *machine. the anvil which clinches the fastening driven through the insole, by thedriver operates by a hammer blow to ensure the completion of the bending of the rib or lip which has been turned over by the bending slide and to hold the rib during the fastening insertion and clinching operation.

Other features of the invention and other combinations of parts will be described in the detailed specification and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 me view in side elevation and par'tlyin section of a staple fastening inserting machine embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a detail 'view in perspective showing the insole clamping and rib bending devices; and I Fig.3 is a section along the line 3-3, extendedpin Fig. l and looking toward the left in said figure. I

The invention is illustrated as embodied in a fastening inserting machine of the general type. disclosed-in United. States Letters Patent No. 1,1657%, granted December 21,1915, on-the application of J. W. Cosg-rove. Referring to the drawings thereference character 4 designates the outside former, which operates tobend the staple wire over the inside former 6, the latter being reciprriicabhe' vertically into andout lit of operative relation with respect to the outside l'ornier. Alter the staple has been formed it is carried :lorwardlv to the right in l i gure l. lay a continued movement of the outside former and subsequently driven by the driver 8 which operates in a groove in the outside former in accordance with aconstruetiou and arrangement that is very common in machines for inserting staple fastenings. For operating the driver there is n'eterahlv provided a driver bar it) having arack 12. which in conatantl in mesh with .a segment rack ll on a lever 16 pivoted at 18 and ":arrvinn a iain roll 20 which rune in a Hill track in a tftlllllltill'll fil (onvenientlv the outside former is driven by a similar arrangement of driving parts coneistin; of a rack. bar 2t secured to or integral with the lormcr land arranged to he constantly in mesh with a eepginei'it rack Qt? on a lover pivoted at ll) in the frame of the machine and (Ittl.l}'ill} a roll 32 which moves along; a cam path in the cam meinher For clenching: the tastenings as they are driven through the work. there i providcd, an anvil meinliier ill seeurel attached to the anvil carrier :36 which is slidahlo along guide tits provided upon the nieinher 38 fixedly secured to the forward part of the machine frame. While the machine at rest the anvili spaced from the outletio'f the :tastonine guiding nozzle and is operated to clamp the work against the nonale andto clinch the :lastenin e' while txh driver is forcing" the name through the work For moving the anvil in properly tinted relation to the outside former and to the driver, means is provided tor reciprocatin' the anvil carrier 2-36, the said means 00111 11;; preferahly lever 40 pivoted at l2 the machine frame and having its upper end COIlllLtJlt-Efil lrv an extensible link ll to an arm lti proiecting from the lever 52a ill will he noted that the link ll is pivotally connected at: ill to the lever lt and aleo pivotally connected to the arm 46, a plurality oi such connecting points being provided on the arm l6 so as to provide for adjustments in the connections by which means the lever l0 may be given operative movement of greater orlese extent. Pivot-ed to the lever id at is a link il whicn extends; through the anvil carrier Flo and has a sprinu 6 eurrounding the link between an outer surtace oi? the anvil carrier and a washer 58 secured to the end of the link so that tho anvil carrier is pulled yieldingrly in the di-. rection to, l'orce the anvil against the work durin clinching operations. The machine thus far. described is substantially like that shown. in said Letters Patent: and for a more complete description of the operative parts ofthe machine reference should he had to sa d Letters Patent.

Secured to the machine frame in place of the nomzle shown in said; Lcttera Patent there provided a nozzle nion'ihor till having a pa ;sageway therethrough at. 62 for the outside l'oriner and tor the drivor 8 which moves in the 'lornier hetweeu the dotted lines llltllTtllEtl at (it and the solid lines at tit). the driver passing tl'irough an inverted T-shaped opening: in the tlat-endetil nozzle. inelnher tit) (Fin: 3). Conveniently, the nozzle ineinher (30 has an upward extension tltl upon which is pivoted two gripper or clani jiing incuihers 70, light springs "(:2 (Fig. l) lining provitfled in the extension ('58 to hold the gripper members normally spaced from the end surface of the nozzle till. the said gripper llltllllJtElFt being movable about. the pivot 'l' l to chimp the work against the end Face of the lttlZZlB which it will be seen zervea as a pltf-if'tfit' iucinher or alait1- ineut a iiinst which the work is held while the piiisitioning and taateuing inserting operations are 179].litilllltlt'l. As ilhistvrated the gripper iueiuhers are operated to clamp the wet-lthv means ol' spring pressed plungcra T6 alidahly inountediu sockets 78in the anvil carriiu- 3i") and held yieldingly in operative position hv means oli springs 80, one in each socket, adjustahlv teusioned through lock nuts or other adjustable members an at one endot each plunger 76.

It; will be clear that. as the anvil carrier 36 is moved to the left in Figure. l. the plunger-s 76, of which there are two, will he caused. to engage each with its respective clamp member To to 'l'oree the latter lirinly into contact with the work which has previously heen positioned Irv the rjiperator in proper relation to the end l'ace o'li the nozzle member (50.

l or positioning l'llQWt'Jl'lv'. or parts thereof with respect to each other more specifically tor landing the upstandiu rih ol? an iuaolo down over anninst: the hodv tl'iereol', there is provided at l'lll heinler illustrated as a slide nicniher til. which is mounted in guidewavs in side plates -35 bolted to the hollow heath and which is bifurcatedat its upper end. as shown in Figures 2 and 3, to ear hrace the anvil carrier support 38 and the link nieniherhl and to provide spaced at tacl'iingg points; for the hell crank 80 which serves as the innnediate operating means For the slide. Prt-rlerahlvt the lover end of the bending Slltlti hat is also bifurcated to straddlexthe anvil ll and engage the rib of the insole on either side ol the anvil to heudit downwardly into contact with the hotly otthe insole prior to the engagement: ol the anvil therewith during 'l ast'ening in.- ecrtiae and clenching operations. It will he understood that the staple fastoning is driven through the insole and rib and clinched against the Face of the latter. lln-rre. is no danger therefore oi. injury to the toot oi the wearer eiuee the staple, ends are on the opposite side at the insole. Con

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liltl all) veniently. the bell crank attached to operated from the lever 40 which controls the movements of the anvil. and anvil carrier, an operative connection being provided between the bell crank 86. and the lever 1 0 through an extensible link 90 pivoted to the bell crank at 92 and provided with a slot 94 slidable upon the pivot pin t8 whereby a lost motion connection is provided, the

arrangement being vsuch that operation of the lever 4L0 will move the anvil through the greater part of the distance it has to travel,inapproaching the .work before the bending slide 84 is operated. In Fig. 1 the anvil 1s shown ust about to engage the msole, prlor to which the bending slide moves downwardly to fold the outstanding lip or rib. of the insole inwardly from the edge.

and down against. the body thereof where it is clamped at the point of fastening insertion by the anvil, as shown in Fig. 2, and held during theinsertion of the fastening which is clenched against the end surface of the anvil. The anvil operates with a hammer blow to ensure the complete bending of the rib-or lip and to clinch the fastening securely. At the end of the cycle of operations, the anvil moves away from' the nozzle and the bending slide 84 is with-' drawn upwardly, as the lever 40 moves to the right in Fig. l, the insole being. released from the clamping members upon retraction of the anvil carrier with the plungers 76 .carried'thereby. The insole is then rotatedto project theheel end in a direc tion opposite to that shown in Fig. 2, and the other edge of the insole upward to present therear end portion of the other lip or upstanding rib just above the line of fastening insertion which may be gaged by a shoulder on the nozzle extension 68 or located with reference to the gripper or clamping members 70; Vith the insolethus reversed-that is, with the heel end thereof pointing to the left. in Fig. 2, the right fork of the bending slide 8 may be depended upontoeifect the bending of the rib down uponthe insole so as to insert the fastening near the end of the rib. Operation of the machine results as before in bending the ribdown upon the body of the insole and in inserting a fastening. to'hold it in its shaped or bended condition. Ina preferred 1 construction a gage '96 is provided for '10- extension 68 whereupon the gage plate 96 may be moved upwardly or downwardly so as to adjust it in accordance with the width After the. gage of the feather on the insole. plate has been moved to the desired position, the bolt 7a is turned in the opposite direction to cause the arms of the extension 68 to grip or clamp the plate 96, holding it firmly I in adjusted position. As before pointed out extensions of the bolt 74 support the gripper or clamping members 70 for loose pivotal movement. Since the insole is firmly clamped against the flat end of the nozzle prior to the operation of the bending slide 84:, the work is held securely in position during the bending operation andinsole ribs which have heretofore been the causefof considerable trouble because of stiffness, are bent easily into proper position and securely attached in the desired relation to the body of thein'sole.

Having what is claimed as'new and desired to be ecured by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a machine of the character described, backing for work, means movable for clamping work against said backing, work positioning means movable in a 'plane at right angles to theplane along which the clam nng force is applied, work positioning means operatingalong a plane angularly related to the plane of the first mentioned positioning means, and means for; securing parts of the work positioned by said posiltioning means together.

ing members restricted to sliding movement at right angles to each otherand automatically operable to position portions of the work relatively to each other, and means for inserting a fastening to hold the work while it is held by the positioning means.

3. In a machine of the character described, fastening inserting mechanism comprising a nozzle and an anvil relatively movable to insert and clinch fastenings in work, means for clamping the work against the nozzle, and means controlled by the fastening inserting mechanism for positioning portions of the work relatively to each other previous to the insertion of a fastening.

4. In a machine of the character described, fastening inserting mechanism comprising a nozzel portion and an anvil relatively movable toward and from each other for insertingand clinching fastenings, means for thus described the invention,

in one direction to release the arms of the' clampinpg the work against the nozzle, and means movable along a path angnlarly related to the relative approaching moremeat ol the anvil and nozzle for positioning portions of the work relatively to each other prior to the insertion of a fastening.

ti. la a machine of the character described, 't'astcniing; inserting mechanism, means for clamping" a. insole against the fastening ineerting zm'chaniam, and movable means for bending lhc upstanding rib of the insole at the rear portion thnrool' inwardly away from tll03,(h'lflt oi the insole previous to the insertion ol a taatieniim'.

(i. In. a machine of the charcticr described, 'taatening iaiertingr means comprising a nozzle, meant; for clamping an insole against the nozzle a n anvil n'ic nbor for controlling the clamping)? Ill-fins and For clinching the. fast'cnina as the same if; interred into the worlt. and means for bending the r b of the in.:;ole innandl awn from the et'lge thereol prior to thein crtion of a tastenin i". In a machine of the char racter der Jibed.

"Fastening: inserting rneelniriiaai comprieing a nozzle portion. an anvil nmrahlc toward and from the nozzle to clinch l aatenings ii'isertet l through an insole. means For clamping the wonl: arrangettl to be controlled by the anvil member; and a slidable member For bending the rib of the insole inwardly away from the edge thereof prior to the insertion ot a fattening.

8. in a machine of the character described, arcane tor supporting an insole, a alidc mov able in a plane parallel to that of the insole 'l'or bonding the rib or lip of the insole inwardly from the edge thereof, and a member movable at right angles to said slide for striking: a hammer blow on the bent:- rib to insure completion ot the bending operation.

9. In a machine out the character described, means for inserting a fastening into the rib at an insole, and means movable for bending the rib (71 the insole at the rear portion thereof inwardly away from the ede e ot the insole prior to the insertion of a 'ljastening.

ll"). In a machine of the el'iaracter described. fastening}: inserting;- n'icchaniam comprising a "flat-ended nozzle portion. means for clamp ingan insole against. the tint portion of the nozzle, and a slide member movable in a. plane parallel to that of the insole to engage the rib ot the inaole at the rear portion thercol to bend it inwardly away ti-om the edge oil the insole prior to the inacrtion ol a fastening.

l 1.. in a machine of the character described, a fastening: inaertinp; mechanism comprising a nozzle having a flat end portion. a graze for positioning: an insole on said end portion. a pivoted gripper member for clan'iping the insole against said tlat portion of the nozzle, an anvil member tor clinching a fastening driven through the insole, and a n'iemher operative to bend the rearportion of the rib ol the insole. over againstthe body thereof prior to the insertion ot a 'l'aattcning,

1:2. in a machine of the character described, lai'itenino inserting; mechanism comprising a .tlat ended nozzle. an anvil movable toward and from the nozzle to clinch 'laatenings d riren throngh an insole, a clamping member operated by the anvil. member for holding the insole against the nozzle. and a slide having operatire connections with the l. toning inserting mechanism for bonding the rear portion o! the rib oi the insole inwardly away from the edge thereof prior to the inaertion ot a fastening.

13.111 a machine of the character de s ribed, fastening inserting mechanism-comprieing. a nozzle and an anvil member relatively mo able toward and from eachother in fastening inserting operations, a member for clamping an insole a 'ainstthe nozzle controlled by the relative movement ot' the nozzle and anvil member, and a member slidahie across the face of the insole clamped inat: the nozzle and operative to bend the rear portion or the rib or the insole down againlthe body thereof prior to the insertion ot a lml'eninn.

lit. in a machine at the character derscribed, tastening inserting mechanism compriring a nozzle, an anvilmovablc toward and from the nozzle daring fastening insorting operations for clamping an insole against the nozzle during the clinching, ot tasteningzn. a member slidable in a plane closely adjacent to the plane of the insole clamped against the nozzle, power means for operating the inserting mechanism to insert a fastening through the insole, and connec tions ljiGtWQQIl staid power means and the slidable member for operating the latter to bend the rib of the. inaolc inwardly away from the edge of the insole prior to the. insertion of a fastening.

15.111 a machine of the character described, a haclringtor an insole, means reciprocaliilc for clamping the insole against. said backing. and means movable after each reciprocation of the clampingmcansand in a plane parallelto that otthe insole-for bending the rib of the insole over against the body thereof.

16.111 :1 machine of the character described. a backing tor an insole. means compriaing a bifurcated member for clamping an insole'against the backing. and a lide movable through the bifurcation of the clamp member and in a plane parallel to that of. the insole for bending the rib of the insole inwardly from the edge thereof.

17.111 a machine of the character described. a backing -for an insole, meanstor clamping an insole against the backing, a slidev movable in a plane parallel to that of the insole. for bending the rib of the insole till inwardly from the edge of the insole, and a member movable at right angles to said slide for co-operation with the latter in appiylng a bending pressure on the rib.

18. In a machine of the character described, means for holding an insole, and means movable in a plane parallel to that of the insole and also along. a path angularly related thereto for bending the rib of the insole inwardly awayfrom the edge thereof.

19. In a machine of the character de scribed, a backing for an insole, a clamp member intermittently operative for clamping an insole against the backing, and a slide member movable in a plane parallel to that of the insole to engage the rib of the insole and bend itover toward the body thereof.

20. In a machine of the character de scribed, a backing for an insole, a clamp member intermittently operative for clamping an insole against the backing, a slide member movable in a plane parallel to that of the insole to engage the rib of the insole and bend it over toward the body of the insole, and an anvil member for co-operation with the slide to apply additional pressure on the bent over rib.

21. In a machine of the character described, a backing for an insole, means movable for clamping the insole against the backing, and a fastening inserting mechanism including an anvil operative to bend a. rib of the insole down against the body thereof and to clinch a fastening driven to hold the rib in its bent-over position.

22. In a machine of he character described, a backing and a. gage unobstructed and accessible for the positioning of an insole having a rib, means movable transversely of the rib-bearingsurface of the'insole arranged thereby to bend the rear end portion of the rib of the insole inwardly from the edge of the insole, and means for insertinga staple fastening to secure the rib in its bent-over position.

23 In a machine of the character described, the combination of supporting means and a rib bending device initiallyarranged to permit an insole to be placed upon the supporting means, staple inserting mechanism, and means for operating the inserting mechanism and the rib bending device to press the rib inwardly against the body portion of the insole an hold it under pressure while the fastening is inserted.

24:. In a machine of the character described, means for supporting a welt insole having a sewing rib, rib bending means including means to crowd the rear end portion of the sewing rib inwardly from the edge of the insole and bend it over upon the body of the insole, and staple inserting mechanism operative to insert a staple to hold the rib in its bent-over relation on the body of the insole. v

25. In a machine of the character described, a plurality of members restricted to sliding movement at a right angle to each other to operate upon a piece of work in succession to position a part of the piece of work with respect to another part thereof,

and means for securing the parts of the work together.

26. In a machine of the character clescribed, means intermittently operative to clamp a piece of work to hold it in operative'position, and two members movable at a right angle to each other, one member being operative tobend a part of the work' over against the body portion thereof and the other member serving as a pressure to insure bend ng of the part into the position in which it is finally secured to the body portion.

27. In a machine of the character described, a backing for an insole to support the same, a slide movable in a plane parallel to that of theinsole for bending a rib on the insole over against the body portionthereof, and means for inserting a fastening to secure the rib in bent-over position.

28. A fastening inserting machine having an abutment arranged to receive an insole, a clamp arranged to force aninsole against said abutment, abender movable transversely across the surface of the insole arranged by its transversemovement to bend the rear e d of the rib of the insole back toward the surface ofthe insole, and means for inserting a fastening to secure the end of the rib of the insole to the body of the insole in said bent relation.

29. A fastening inserting machine having,

in combination, an abutment arranged 'to IGCGIVQ an insole, meansfor clamping an in- Certificate of Correction.

Patent No. 1,642,014. Granted September13, 1927, to

JOHN \V. COSGRQVE.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification 0f the abovenumbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 5-, line 81, claim 26, for the Word pressure read resser; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oflice.

Signed and sealed this 6th day of December, A. D. 1927.

[SEAL] M. J. MOORE,

Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

